Skate



(No Model.)

G. W. BAKER.

SKATE.

N0.'330,543. Patented Nov. 1'7, 1885.

WITNESSES Attorney N. PEYERS. Plwlo-Lllhogmpher, wanm o. c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

GEORGE W. BAKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,543, dated November17, 1885.

Application filed August 12, 1885. Serial No. 174,186. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BAKER, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Skates; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in skate attachments for securingthe skate to the foot; and it consists in certain features ofconstruction, and in combination of parts,hereinafter described,andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a skateembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the under side of thefoot-rest, showing my improvements attached. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the upper portion of the skate. Fig. 4 is an elevation in transversesection on the line of w m, Fig. 1.

A represents the foot-rest for the forward part of the foot, and A therest for the heel, both rests being secured to the skate proper, B, inthe usual manner.

0 are levers, of the bell-crank variety, that are pivoted to the underside of the foot-rest at c, with the short or lateral arms of the leversmade male and female to engage each other, as shown at c, by means ofwhich the two levers are made to move in unison. The long arms of thelevers G bend outward and curve up over the foot-rest and terminate inhook ends or jaws 0', for clamping the sole of the shoe, and these jaws,by means of the engagement aforesaid of the male and female ends, aremade to move simultaneously outward or inward equal distances, so thatthe foot-rest is always in a central position between the jaws. Thelonger arms have elongated holes cfithrough which pass bolts 0 forrigidly holding the levers against the foot-rest. When these bolts areloosened,the jaws O are adjusted to hook over and grasp the edges of thesole of the shoe, after which the bolts 0 are tightened and no furtheradjustment of the jaws is required so long as the same shoe is to besecured to the skate.

D are small flanges extending upward from the rear end of the heel-plateA. Said flanges have small thin points or dogs d, extending inwardtoward the heel of the shoe, for engaging the latter.

E and F are light metal plates or arms that are pivoted to each otherand to a thumbpiece, G, at f. The arm Fat the other end is pivoted at fto and underneath the rear portion of the plate A. The arm E haselongated holes 6 and e, and through the former passes a stud, a, thatholds the arm F against the under side of the plate A, the plate E beingin condition to slide endwise on the stud a.

Through the hole 6 passes a bolt, h, that secures the dog H to the plateE, and by means of which the dog is adjustable lengthwise of the skateand arrn E, so as to engage the front part of the shoe-heel when therear portion of the heel engages the dogs d. The arms Eand F form atoggle-joint, and when these arms are turned outward, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, the dog H is of course drawn farther away from the dogs (I, inwhich position of parts the shoe of the operator is thrust forwardbetween the jaws G', after which .the heel is pressed down in front ofthe dogs (Z. Next the arms E and F are swung into line, by means ofwhich the dog H is made to engage the forward part of the heel. The headI of the rivet on which the arms E and F are pivoted together protrudesbelow, and as the togglejoint approaches a straight line the rivetheadengages and rides over the top of the skate-iron B and holds thetoggle-j oint in line, the thumb-piece G forming a stop for engaging theother side of the skate-iron, and prevents the toggle-joint from movingtoo far, or beyond a straight line. In removing the skate thethumb-piece is pressed upward to raise the rivet-head I above theskate-iron, after which the toggle-joint, by means of the thumb-piece,is drawn outward to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, therebyreleasing the heel of the shoe. Next the heel is raised above the dogs01, after which the foot is drawn rearward from between the jaws O.

The device is equally well adapted to rollerskates or to ice-skates. Asthe heel-clamps are independent of the forward clamps, the foot is notheld so rigidly as when the two sets of clamps are connected. Theheel-clamps hold the heel as in a vise, so that the heel cannot risefrom the heel-plate, which being the case,

the forward clamps need not be very tight, and the latter being usuallylocated at or near the broadest part of the sole of the boot or shoe,the sole may move a trifle endwise between the jaws of the forwardclamps, just enough to relieve the foot from the cramped position inwhich it is held when the two sets of clamps are connected, and thegrasp of the heel-clamps depends in a measure on the rigidity with whichthe forward clamps grasp the shoe.

What I claim is- 1. In skate attachments, levers of the bellcrankvariety pivoted to and underneath the foot-rest, said levers terminatingin jaws extending above the foot-rest, for engaging the sole of theshoe, the lateral arms of the levers made male and female for engagingeach other, and so arranged that the foot-rest is kept in a centralposition between the jaws, said levers having elongated holes andset-screws for securing the jaws in the desired position, substanti allyas set forth.

2. In skate attachments, the combination, with dogs connected with therear of the heelrest for engaging the heel, of a dog adj ustably securedto the arm of a toggle-j oint, said toggle-j oint having stops,tl1e oneto ride over and the other to abut against theskate-iron,to hold thetoggle-joint in a straight line and in position, causing the dogs tograsp the heel, substantially as set forth.

' In testimony whereof I sign this specification,in the presence of twowitnesses, this 30th day of July, 1885.

GEORGE W. BAKER.

\Vitnesses:

N. S, AMsrUTz, GEORGE TAUSOH.

